Lisa Knopp

No more news for me. Just Robert Redford movies. #RobertRedford #Inspiration #News

My "personal best haiku with related commentary:

dark waiting rain clouds
the mourning dove’s pulsing call
kneads them like bread dough
#haiku #mourningdove #breaddough #poetry

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I've been a "big sister" for 13 yrs. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lincoln has been a meaningful activity for both my littles & me (that's my current one & me in the pic). Please remember this great organization on Give to Lincoln Day! #GiveToLincolnDay2025 #BigBrothersBigSisters #mentoring #LincolnNE

Thanks, Kristine. You've given me a good start on my summer reading list!

I'm so pleased that the librarians at Bennett Martin included me on this poster of Nebraska women. What a group it is! Willa Cather, Susan La Flesche PIcotte (the 1st Native American medical doctor), mayors, senators, actors, artists, scientists, aviators, reformers, and more! #NebraskaWomen

Sunday, March 9th, I'm the guest speaker at the "Exploring Justice Forum" at New Visions United Methodist Church in Lincoln. And, you're invited! #deathpenalty #capitalpunishment #Nebraska'sDeathRow #God'sgrace #Redemption #Forgiven

Thanks, Jan. I appreciate knowing about this poet and book!

I'm going Jamaica for my daughter's wedding and need a really engaging work of creative nonfiction to read on the plane and the beach. Suggestions? #ReadingSuggestions #CreativeNonfiction #WhatToRead #Bookshelf

Go first to the author. I sell my books at about 30% less than Amazon or the publisher. Getting readers is more important than getting money! #BuyDirectlyFromTheAuthor #IndieBookSellers #SayNoToAmazon #WhereToBuyBooks

Margaret Atwood's wonderful poem has as much to say about cats as it does this "month of despair,/with a skewered heart in the centre." #February #MargaretAtwood #cats #catpoem
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Like the folks that stormed the capitol on January 6?

No news; no stress.

Winner-take-all hearings are set. Let's mobilize. - Civic Nebraska The Government Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will hear testimony on Jan. 30. Be there.

Hearings are set on a pair of measures to dismantle Nebraska’s split electoral allocation system. Details:

Let’s get it done for our city’s renters, #LNK.

If you’d like to help the victims of the #LAfires, this is the best place to make a donation. CCF ensures that resources reach those most in need, leveraging partnerships with community-based organizations and government agencies to prioritize underserved communities
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I just dashed off a thank you note to Biden. I could easily have gone on for 10 pages. His accomplishments were great! #GratitudeForBiden #joebiden #Biden'sAccomplishments #SavingAmerica #ThankYouJoeBiden

Trump's promise of mass deportations has Nebraska worried amid labor shortage Nebraska, one of the top beef producers, has one of the worst labor shortages in the nation. The incoming Trump administration has vowed to carry out mass deportations: how will Nebraska be affected?

Excellent reporting from NPR about how deportations will affect Nebraska's ag economy -- even if the governor and none of the meat-packing big wigs would talk to them.
www.npr.org/2025/01/16/n... #NebraskaAgriculture #NebraskaWorkerShortage #TrumpDeportationsNebraska

Yesterday at my branch library, I heard a woman talking on her cell phone to someone who was directing her how to find a book, "The Secret." It wasn't going well. Or maybe it was. "I may have to start reading books," I heard her say. #Librarylove #PublicLibraries #BookLovers #EiseleyBranchLibrary

Maybe kitty wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico?

Following shenanigans re committee assignments In Nebraska's "nonpartisan" statehouse, I wrote a gratitude note to my senator. #DanielleConrad #ToxicPartisanship #NebraskaPolitics #Gratitude

Groups of Latino immigrants help to put out wildfires in Los Angeles area Many Latino immigrants in Los Angeles worked to extinguish some of the fires with hoses. They aren't firefighters, they were just helping people in other neighborhoods.

Gosh, I love this story -- groups of Latino immigrants putting out fires in the homes of folks they don't even know. #LatinoImmigrantFirefighters #Benevolence #LAFires #Who'sYourNeighbor
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What if we all prayed at the same moment -- many, many millions and millions of people -- to stop the winds so the firefighters could do their work? #Powerofprayer #LAFires #Prayeristheanswwer

I left the musky stench of X for clear blue skies. But I'm not finding it very interesting here. Yawn. Any advice on how to make this a more happening experience? Thanks! #BlueSkyIsBoring #SeekingSocialMediaAdvice #XorBlueSky

I'm pleased that the University of Missouri Press has reissued my 2016 book, Bread, this time as a more affordable paperback. Check out the current catalogue for more information -- or buy the hardback from me at half the price that Amazon is asking. #disorderedeating #eatingdisorders #memoir #aging

U.S. sees sharp decline in murders and other crimes in 2024 The number of murders in the U.S. is declining at a rapid pace. While crime was a central focus of the election, with President-elect Trump alleging it was out of control in many cities, other crimes ...

The sharply declining crime rate (murders, car thefts, etc.) is such great news! #Crimerate #Goodnews #Truthaboutcrime

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When you search online, add "-a-i" to the end of your query so that your search is performed without the use of Artificial Intelligence and the massive amounts of electricity and fossil fuels it consumes. #ArtificialIntelligence #CancellingAI #AI-freeSearches

Trauma or a tough time? How our mental health labels are changing over time - ABC listen We've come a long way in how we talk about mental health. But while diagnoses like depression and anxiety can empower people to seek help and support — they also influence how we see ourselves and ho...

An enlightening look at the effects of mental health concept creep. Normal worry or an anxiety disorder? Normal sadness or depression? A tough time or trauma? #Depression #Trauma #Anxiety #ConceptCreep

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Philosophy, disability and the gut - ABC listen Digestive disorders are a common source of distress and social anxiety - which might seem to be an odd topic for philosophy, until you start to think about why we attach such stigma, shame and silence...

Philosopher Jane Dryden uses Hegel and disability theory to explain the discomfort, anxiety, and silences surrounding digestive disorders. #Hegel #IBS #SIBO #Crohn's #Philosophy #Poop
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Advocates want Biden to spare the lives of the 40 prisoners on federal death row Anti-death penalty advocates hope President Biden will grant clemency to 40 people on federal death row. He has already commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others.

Please ask Biden to commute the federal death sentences of 40 people to life in prison (go to whitehouse.gov) #deathpenalty #Biden #commutesentences #abolition
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IN A FLASH: A Gathering of Writers Expands into a New Literary Magazine By Cynthia Allen and Leanne Rose Sowul We jokingly call ourselves The Flashies: Leanne Rose Sowul, Cynthia (Cindy) Allen, Nina Lichtenstein, Kate Lewis and Casey Mulligan Walsh. In 2022, Leanne pos…

An interview with Leanne Rose Sowul and Cindy Allen, two of the five editors who launched IN A FLASH, a new flash nonfiction literary magazine on Substack.
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